{"product_id":"madness-in-contemporary-british-theatre-jon-venn-9783030797843","title":"Madness in Contemporary British Theatre: Resistances and Representations","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book considers the representation of madness in contemporary British\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003etheatre, examining the rich relationship between performance and mental health, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eand questioning how theatre can potentially challenge dominant understandings\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eof mental health. Carefully, it suggests what it means to represent madness in\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003etheatre, and the avenues through which such representations can become\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eradical, whereby theatre can act as a site of resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEngaging with the heterogeneity of madness, each chapter covers different\u003c\/p\u003e attributes and logics, including: the constitution and institutional structures of\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethe contemporary asylum; the cultural idioms behind hallucination; the means by\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewhich suicide is apprehended and approached; how testimony of the mad person\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eis interpreted and encountered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs a study that interrogates a wide range of British theatre across the past 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eyears, and includes a theoretical interrogation of the politics of madness, this is\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea crucial work for any student or researcher, across disciplines, considering the\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003epolitics of madness and its relationship to performance.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jon Venn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3030797848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030797843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.49d","brand":"Jon Venn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072369193215,"sku":"9783030797843","price":79.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4bfc36f7-da28-4385-b75f-4f42d78983a6.jpg?v=1685441547","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/madness-in-contemporary-british-theatre-jon-venn-9783030797843","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}